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A. MILNE.

WATCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1922.

Patented Sept. 26, 1922.

4 Zea: under Milne Lama s capable of holding watches of various thlCk-fc Patented Sept 26, 1922.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER MILNE, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'IO NEWARK WATCH CASEMATERIAL COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A'CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

were HOLDER.

, Application filed January 30, 1922. Serial No. 532,707.

' To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MILNE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have made and invented certain, new and useful Improvements in WatchHolders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a watch holder, and particularly to a holderwhich is adapted to enclose and support the popular priced so-calleddollar watch, and thus allow it to be used on the dash or instrumentboard of an automobile, or in other relations.

An object of my invention is to provide a holder which will be simple,and therefore cheap or economical to construct, and which will beadapted'to support and provide a mounting or setting for the so-calleddollar watch, and which will be able or adapted to accommodate Watchesof difierent thicknesses.

A further object is to provide a watch holder or watch mounting which isnot only nesses but will support them in such manner that they cannot bemoved or tilted withinthe holder, and when once properly secured inplace will remain permanently;

and rigidly so fixed.

A further object is to provide a holder having a support for the watchat the center of the back, and which support thrusts the watch intoengagement with an annular ring or opening and against the side walls ofwhich the bezel of the watch engages, so that the watch cannot be tiltedor rearwardly' moved within the holder, although the dial is plainlyvisible through the open: I ing in the bezel-engaging portion or ring ofthe holder.

A further object is to provide a holder whichwill accommodate watches ofdifferent sizes or thicknesses and in which a thrust is exerted againstthe rear or back of the Watch, the line of force extending approximatelythrough the center ofthe back,but the actual application of forcebeaforementioned ends in a simple and 'expe ditious manner, the variousparts being ing'applied over a considerable circle, the center of which,however, coincides with readily susceptible to the ordinary machine ordie operations, so that the entireholder may be economicallymanufactured, and with the foregoing and other objects in view, myinvention-consists in the improved watch holder illustrated in theacc0mpanying drawing and hereinafter described and claimed, and in suchvariations and modifications thereofas will be obvious to those skilledin the art to which my invention relates, it being understood thatchanges ma be made within the scope of what is claimed withoutdeparting. from the spirit vthereof.

Figure 3 is a rear View of my improved holder, the watch being removedtherefrom but the cross-bar or rear support being illustrated in place;and I Figure 4' is a view in section taken on the line 4-4; of Figure 3.

Referring specifically to the several Views, wherein similar referencenumerals designate corresponding parts throughout, my improved holder isformed with the body or housin 10, which is secured to a supportingsurface 11, in any preferred manner, and preferably by providing thehousing with an outwardly extending an nular flange 12, through whichextend the holding screws or fastening means 13. i

The housing 10 is provided with the customary opening 14 for theaccommodation of the stem and crown- 15 of the watch therethrough andthus provides for the winding of the watch. The forward or front portionof the housing is turned inclearly illustrated in Figure 3. The cross.

strut or rod is provided with the central and threaded opening 23,through which extends the thumb screw 24, and upon the inner protrudingextremity of which is pivotally mounted the disc'25. The disc ispivotally held to the end of the thumb screw by reducing the diameter ofthe thumb screw, as at 26, and providing the disc with an openingthrough which the.

reduced portion 26 extends, and then turning over or enlarging theextreme; end ,of the reduced portion 26, so as to form a pivotal rivet,as at 27. Thus the disc is allowed to turn with respect to the thumbscrew, or is advanced or retracted as thethumb screw turns, while thedisc itself may be held against rotation.

With the parts as thus constructed, whena watch is placed within thehousing, the thumb screw is retracted, and the baror cross strut thenmoved so as to be supported by and extend between the lugs .or supports20. The thumb screw is then turned and thus forces the disc 25 intoengagement with the back of the watch. The thumb screw is then forciblytightened, which action takes place without rotating the disc,andtherefore without marring the rear surface of the watch, and forcesthe watch forward, so that the bezel properly contacts with the frontand inturned portion of the housin and against which it is rigidly held.The line of application of the rear force exerted by the thumb screwtherefore passes through the approximate center of the backuof thewatch, so that the watch is prevented from being moved rearwardly ortilted, should a force be applied to one portion of the dial, The slightresiliency of the cross-strut 21 insures that after the thumb screw hasbeen tightened it will remain permanently in such condition, and as theopening 14, through which the crownor stem of the watch must extend,must necessarily be bigger than the lower portion of the stem ofthewatch, any

slight sidewise playof the watch will turn the disc 25 but will not turnor tend to loosen the thumb screw2t, as the disc will rotate aboutthe'pivot-al portion 27 of the thumb screw. p

The disc 25 is preferably dished to a slightly greater extent than thecurvature of the back of the watch, so that although the line of forceof the rear holding mem ber extends through the center of the back ofthe watch, the actual application of the force is upon the circumferenceof a circle the center of which coincides with the center of the back,and thus the watch case is prevented from being locally compressed ordistorted, which might tend to interfere with the proper working andtimekeeping qualities of the watch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent: 1. A watch holder comprising a housing adapted toreceive a watch therein and render the dial of the watch visible throughthe front thereof, means whereby the housing may be attached or securedto a supporting surface, a member extending across the housing andengaging the same so as to be sup contained therein, engaging thehousing andsupported against rearward movement thereby, and meansengaging said cross member and the back of the watch and adapted toexert a forward thrust against the back of the watch so as to secure thesame in the said housing.

3. it watch holder comprising a housing having an opening inthe front soas to render a watch visible therethrough, and open in the rear so as toprovide for the insertion of a watch therein, a member extending acrossthe housing, to the rear of the watch contained therein, engaging thehousing and supported against rearward movement thereby, and meansengaging said cross member and the back of the watch and adapted toexert a forward thrust against the back of a watch, the line of forceextending through approximately the center of the back of the watch,and'the application of the force removed from said center.

4. A holder of the class described comprising a housing having anopening therein for thereception of the stem of the watch and anzopeningin the front for rendering the dial of the watch visible, a memberexte'i'iding acrossthe housing to the rear of the, watch containedtherein and engaging and supported by portions of said housing, a thumbscrew threadedly engaging said member and adapted to exert a forwardthrust upon a watch and removably secure it within said housing.

'5. watchholder of the class described comprising a housing adapted toreceive a watch therein and render the dial thereof visible, a crossmember detachably engag ing portions of said housing, a thumb screwthreadedly engaging said cross member, and a disc-shape member carriedby sa'idthumb screw and adapted to exert a forward thrust upon the watchwithin the housing.

6. A watch holder of the class described 130' comprising a housingadapted to receive a Signed at New York, borough of Manhat- 10 Watchtherein and render the dial thereof tan, in the county of New York andState visible, a cross member detachably engagof New York, this 26th dayof January, ing portions of said housing, a thunligo screw A. D. 1922.

threadedl engai11 said cross mem er, and

a disc pizotally sezured to and carried by ALEXANDER said thumb screwand adapted to exert a for- Witnesses:

ward thrust upon the back of the watch con- ANNE V. WALSH,

tained within the housing. PAULINE F. LEHMANN.

